habitat

Meaning

1. (uncountable) Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
2. (countable) A range; a place where a species naturally occurs.
3. (countable) A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.
4. (countable, uncountable) A place in which a person lives.

Synonyms

home

🏠

habitation

residence

abode

home ground

dwelling

biotope

dwelling-place

house

🏠

place of origin

place of living

seat

💺

settlement

surroundings

place of habitation

breeding place

best place

living environment

field of activities

area of activity

range of behavior

environment

natural environment

passenger compartment

natural abode

habitat of a species

accommodation

center

centre

den

domicile

genuine

ground

home town

native land

residency

Translations

habitat

hábitat

Habitat

habitat

Lebensraum

hàbitat

habitat

habitat

habitat

ενδιαίτημα

abitat

Standort

Biotop

οικότοπος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhæbɪtæt/

Etymology

From Latin habitat (“it dwells, lives”), the 3rd person singular present active indicative form of habitō (“I live or dwell”). In Linnaeus and similar authors, the geographical ranges of species were customarily denoted in Latin by a sentence beginning with "Habitat", e.g. "Habitat in Europa" ("It lives in Europe"), and it thus became the convention to refer to the geographical range as the "habitat". Compare the English derivations of exit, floruit, ignoramus, and tenet from Latin finite verbs reanalyzed as English nouns.